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The jury in the trial of Thomas McNair, who is charged in the killing of a homeless man two years ago in an abandoned Downtown building, is expected to begin deliberating Friday morning.

Jurors saw several key pieces of evidence Thursday, including a video confession made by McNair, autopsy photos and testimony that the defendant suffers from bipolar disorder.

McNair, 21, is charged with one count each of murder and tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse in connection with the 2014 slaying of 21-year-old Gerardo Luna Jr.

Both the state and the defense rested their cases Thursday and closing arguments are expected to begin at 8:30 a.m. Friday. The trial, which began Wednesday, is being held in the 34th District Court with Judge William E. Moody presiding.

Brittney Stewart, Jesus Eduardo Barraza, Jerry Lynn McGavitt and Marcus Wayne Adkins were also arrested in connection with Luna's death. Luna's body was found beaten and burned in an abandoned building at 101 N. Mesa by El Paso Electric Co. workers in September 2014.

As the El Paso Times previously reported, McNair confessed to taking part in the slaying of Luna during a video statement he gave to an El Paso Police Department detective.

McNair said in the video that Stewart ordered him, Barraza and McGavitt to kill Luna. The three man allegedly agreed and killed Luna the next time they saw him.

Luna was allegedly strangled, beaten, bound, stabbed and gagged to death by the group of suspects. The men allegedly used a mallet, metal pipes, broken pieces of glass and bungee cords in the attack, McNair said.

Stewart then ordered the three men, along with Adkins, to burn Luna's body in an attempt to hide the evidence, according to McNair.

Luna's body was found weeks after the killing in the basement of the building with a message on a wall that read, "Death A Waits," with an arrow pointing to the area where Luna was killed and burned.

El Paso police Detective John Armendariz, who was interviewing McNair in the video, took the stand Thursday and was questioned by defense lawyer Eduardo Solis about whether he believed McNair was telling the truth in his statement.

Armendariz testified that he believed McNair when he said that Stewart ordered the slaying, but not McNair's statement that he didn't know the motive as to why she ordered the men to kill Luna.

McNair said in the video that while Stewart ordered and planned the killing, she didn't take part in the actual slaying of Luna.

He also said in his statement that Stewart would claim she was a vampire. He added that he didn't believe her and would just go along with it.

McNair was arrested right after he gave the video statement in connection with the slaying, according to testimony.

As he was being booked into the El Paso County Jail, McNair allegedly said, "This (slaying) wasn't my first and it's definitely not my last one," Armendariz testified.

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In this file photo from 2014, a spray-painted message on one of the walls inside a vacant Downtown building points to where the burned body of Gerardo "Mexican Jerry" Luna Jr. was found.(Photo: El Paso Times file photo)

According to court testimony from several El Paso Police Department officers, several bloodstains were found throughout the building, including near the mattress where Luna was killed.

Fingerprints of all of the suspects were found in the building near the crime scene, according to testimony. A couple of palm prints were also found.

Solis argued in his opening statement Wednesday that McNair's fingerprints would be found in the building since he had stayed there and hung out there with the other suspects several times. He added that the fingerprints did not prove McNair played a role in the killing.

McNair said in his video statement that Luna was beaten to death with a rubber mallet and metal pipes. Luna was then tied to a mattress, gagged and strangled to death, he said.

The mallet and pipes were placed on Luna before the suspects allegedly burned his body, according to testimony.

Solis questioned Armendariz as to why the metal pipes survived the fire but not the mallet.

Armendariz responded, "If you're familiar with chemistry at all, you would know that a wooden handle would burn and the rubber would melt in the fire."

Several autopsy photos of Luna were also shown to the jury Thursday.

Solis called only one witness to the stand for the defense.

Psychologist Dr. James Schutte testified that after reviewing "thousands of mental health records of McNair" he believed McNair suffers from bipolar disorder.

Schutte said people suffering from the disorder can become manic, disillusioned and depressed. He also said the disorder can cause people to over exaggerate and lose touch with reality.

He later added that he came to his diagnosis not only from reviewing McNair’s medical records, but also jail records and after viewing the video statement McNair gave to police.

The jury is expected to begin deliberating a verdict immediately after closing arguments.

The other suspects arrested in connection with Luna’s death are expected to go on trial later this year.

Stewart, 20, is charged with murder and tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse. She is expected to go on trial in June.

McGavitt, 24, is also facing one count each of murder and tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse. McGavitt’s trial is expected to begin in May.

Barraza, 36, is charged with murder, tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse and burglary of a building. He is expected to go on trial in April.

Adkins, 30, is facing one count of tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse and is expected to go on trial in March.